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BBC Radio 2 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Light Programme.

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Sunday Night is Music Night

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The world's longest-running live orchestral programme featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra

The world's longest-running live orchestral music programme on radio, featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra and broadcast from locations throughout the UK

Friday Night is Music Night

Sunday Night is Music Night: Ella, Aretha, Dusty and Me

01/01/2010

Ella, Aretha, Dusty and Me

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, Ella, Aretha, Dusty and Me

A concert celebrating the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Dusty Springfield and Aretha Franklin.

Madeline Bell, Liane Carroll and Kym Mazelle join the BBC Concert Orchestra to celebrate the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Dusty Springfield and Aretha Franklin.

If you had to choose your favourite musical diva for a fantasy dinner party, the chances are that Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin or Dusty Springfield would be high on the list! Continue the New Year celebrations in the company of Madeline Bell, Liane Carroll and Kym Mazelle, who bring the house down at the Mermaid Theatre in London alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra and Guy Barker and his Big Band with "Ella, Aretha, Dusty - & Me". Michael Brandon presents this celebration of the music made famous by these three musical greats in a special edition of Friday Night Is Music Night.

Amazing music. Played by an amazing line up.

Radio 2: Amazing music. Played by an amazing line-up. The home of great music, entertainment and documentaries

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